Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco e i suoi fratelli

Luchino Visconti's landmark drama, beloved by Martin Scorsese, sees themes of love, migration, struggle and boxing collide in post-war Milan.

  • Director

    Luchino Visconti

  • With

    Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Paolo Stoppa

  • Italy-France 1962. 178min

  • Digital 4K (restoration)

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

Rocco Parondi travels with his family from Lucania, in southern Italy, to Milan. Each seeks prosperity. However, a chance meeting with a prostitute tests the bond between Rocco and his brother Simone. With the authentically realised world of amateur boxing as its backdrop, Visconti’s masterpiece bridges the worlds of post-war neorealism and melodrama, conjuring up a contemporary epic.

Contains scenes of sexual violence.

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